Greg Cuetara
01-26-2012, 12:49 PM
I am currently working on a dresser. The top is about 20" wide by 48" long. I have had to glue up a few boards and through that process have to use the side of the boards which was not finished smooth. I picked up the boards and one side was smooth and it looks like the other side was skip planed. What i will call the skip planed side looks much better, although there are 'ridges' where it looks like the feed rollers took ahold of the board, and does not have any of the defects the other side has.
I would like to get the top perfectly flat and smooth and i think the best thing is a wide belt sander but I do not have one in my shop. Is there anyone in and around the Portland area who has a wide belt sander who could smooth out my top for me?
I havn't tried the cabinet shops yet but if there is no one around I might have to try that path. I can try a hand held belt sander but would like to get everything flat and am unsure that I can do that without creating divots in thet op.
Thanks.
Greg
I would like to get the top perfectly flat and smooth and i think the best thing is a wide belt sander but I do not have one in my shop. Is there anyone in and around the Portland area who has a wide belt sander who could smooth out my top for me?
I havn't tried the cabinet shops yet but if there is no one around I might have to try that path. I can try a hand held belt sander but would like to get everything flat and am unsure that I can do that without creating divots in thet op.
Thanks.
Greg